Brian Davison pleads not guilty in second child sexual assault case [Video]

A former Alberta teacher has pleaded not guilty to two counts of sexual exploitation and one count of sexual interference in three separate incidents involving children.

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Brian Leroy Davison entered the pleas in a Hinton, Alta., courtroom on Monday.

Davison was charged in January 2023.

A now 39-year-old woman testified that she was a 14-year-old Grade 9 student in Swan Hills, Alta., when Davison offered to tutor her in math after class on a day in September or October.

When she went to Davison’s classroom, she says he made it very clear to her that the classroom door was locked from the outside.

She testified Davison asked her to write her feelings for him on a paper.

“He knew that we had feelings towards one another and it was OK,” she said.

“I remember feeling very scared at that point but …